Chapter 0116: The Gambler's Trick (Third Update)
Alex City!
Tens of thousands of undead armies have completely besieged the city, as for the once prosperous Alex Port, it has long fallen under the attack of the undead, fortunately, Marshal Morinen had the foresight to withdraw most of the supplies to the battleship before the undead army attacked. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Therefore, the material loss of the port is not large, but the loss of personnel is more.
Not to mention anything else, the loading and unloading coolies who have been carrying bags on the docks, the once prosperous dock gang with thousands of people, have long since disappeared, except for their big boss who hid in the city early, and the rest of the personnel have all become undead.
As for the other sailors, prostitutes, sailors, and small merchants, they were killed and wounded, and even if they were lucky enough to escape back to Alex City, they would be caught by the city guards and then burned at the stake.
At the same time, those who died provided ample cannon fodder for the army of the undead, and for three days, the army of the undead had been attacking the city day and night, and if it weren't for the Temple of Light in Alex City knowing that if the city was broken by the undead, they wouldn't be able to do anything.
Therefore, hundreds of priests and priests led by the cardinal were all dispatched, and Alex City must have already fallen.
Even so, Alex City is now on the verge of exhaustion, not to mention that this bustling port city has been in a state of food shortage because of Link's sweep, the death of Grand Magician Colin and the disappearance of Lord Charlotte.
Then, the undead haunted everywhere, causing the population to concentrate towards the city, and increasing the consumption of food, even if the newly appointed city lord of Belloc raided more than a dozen grain merchants with the tacit consent of the Temple of Light, it was still a drop in the bucket, and the high-level personnel already knew that even if the undead could not break through the city, Alex City would support it for a maximum of a month.
No, maybe less than a month.
After all, Marshal Morinin had already mobilized half of the warships in Alex Harbor and escorted hundreds of merchant ships to Bellas City, in the name of preserving his strength, in fact, these shrewd businessmen and politicians all knew that this was just a reasonable plundering of Alex City.
Of course, no matter how difficult and arduous it is, there will be people who buy a thousand dollars to get drunk and spend thousands of dollars overnight, just like those times when families are ruined and mountains and rivers are sinking, there are still people who will sell materials to hostile people regardless of the lives of the soldiers in front of them.
Now, the northern city of Alex City is such a zone.
Some time ago, several unique buildings were built in Beicheng, including the well-known 'Qianjin Casino', the obscure 'Human Meat Bun Shop', and of course, a few strong people who were not too strong, but enough to sweep away the underground forces.
Needless to say, these are the things that the Water Margin heroes who hope to lead are doing.
As the intelligence leader, under the arrangement of Shi Qian, Shi Yong and Sun Erniang entered Alex City to inquire about intelligence, while Wang Dingliu and Gu Sister-in-law went to Bellas City.
When the night was hazy, the Qianjin Casino was already in full swing, and one by one merchants and nobles who were either dressed in noble clothes, or dusty, or drunk and singing, spent a lot of money in the casino, while Shi Yong just sat on the chair on the third floor, looking down at the hysterical people at his feet.
In the same way, there is no shortage of people in the casino who have spent a lot of money and gone bankrupt overnight, and now, there is a nobleman who claims to have the title of baron, who is pushing all the chips in front of him to the center, shouting:
"It's on!"
Then, there were sighs and gloating all around:
"Ruskin loses again!"
"He deserves it, who made him so arrogant all the time!"
"But this kid is really rich!"
"Don't you know? Listen to him, he has mortgaged all the ancestral property, manor, and castle! ”
"Oh, such a person should not be stingy with money!"
"That's for sure, if it weren't for the imminent destruction of the city by the undead, he wouldn't be so drunk and dreaming of death!"
……
In the midst of the discussion, Ruskin smiled drunkenly and said loudly:
"Alright! The 100,000 gold coins are over again, come back tomorrow, anyway, after the undead break the city, I will also become an undead. ”
For a time, the restless casinos were silent.
Ruskin staggered out of the casino, a young man with a very capable and military atmosphere, bowed his head thoughtfully, and then, pretending to lose all the chips in his hand inadvertently, walked out of the casino, caught up with Ruskin, pulled him to a corner, and said in a low voice:
"Baron Ruskin, do you want to leave Port Alex?"
Ruskin's eyes flashed, but he continued to say with drunken eyes:
"Yes, I definitely want to!"
The young man smiled indifferently and said:
"Well, you just need to give me 300,000 gold coins, and you can get a ticket to leave Alex City."
Ruskin pushed the young man away and sneered:
"Young man, don't be ignorant of the heavens and the earth, when I was your age, I had already bought dozens of lives with a thousand gold coins."
The young man smiled coldly, turned abruptly and said:
"So, what if I told you that the city would be breached in a week?"
Ruskin trembled and whispered:
"Impossible, Alex City is guarded by the Knights of the Edge and the Temple of Light!"
The young man turned around lightly and sneered:
"Baron Ruskin, don't think about me!"
With a wave of his left hand, Ruskin threw a magic bag into the young man's hand, and said indifferently:
"That's 10,000 gold coins, I think it's enough for you to say something."
The young man shook with the magic bag, and then chuckled:
"Sure enough, it's a lot of money - Ruskin.
Well, for your sake of such generosity, I will ask you two words:
What if the Knights of the Edge were all killed?
What if, the Temple of Light is already preparing to evacuate?
What if, Marshal Morinin, was ready to evacuate? ”
Ruskin smiled coldly and asked:
"So, what about the Belloc City Lord? He had promised that he would live and die with the city! ”
A sneering smile appeared at the corner of the young man's mouth, and he said inexplicably:
"I think this esteemed city lord is struggling with how to deal with the Sharp Knights!"
Ruskin's face sank, and then he said:
"Tomorrow night, I want to get accurate news, and likewise, you will also get my deposit of fifty thousand gold coins."
"No, the deposit is 100,000!" The young man refused, one hand had already touched his waist, Ruskin smiled indifferently, nodded and said:
"Okay, as you wish!"
……
Ten minutes later, a figure appeared beside Shi Yong and said in a low voice:
"Chief, there's a situation!"